Long hallway. Twice as long as the others. King's prerogative. Make anyone running the gauntlet burn even more energy before they made it to the throne. Made her want to run and kick the door off its hinges. Her shadow could tell, she saw it in Chiyo's stride. S'why she was laughing.

/ it's like meeting a celebrity.

lotus spent a chunk of time debating with myself on if I should really spend time editing naruto's kyuubi chakra cloak mode to resemble Chiyo 'drowning herself' in giratina. not realizing that the last manga panel i pulled for her kinda already achieves that effect with a squint and some red eyes

/ thinking about the girl (always) and how she's been hitting moves for a while now, especially as she moves closer and closer to being a monster herself. Wanted to write out what she's done/lost on The Road. ENDURE AURA SPHERE* HIGH JUMP KICK BULLET PUNCH SWORDS DANCE NASTY PLOT SURGING STRIKES*

/ brother I'm trying to finish this solo, can you move??

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Just... just give her a second. She's never been to this part of the region before. Never- Never seen this building. Never felt how sharp the air was. She knows the clock's running. She sprinted here from Sunnyshore, stopping only to get her team some R&R at the center outside Victory Road.

"..." She'd fix the gym's roof when she was King. Third priority as soon as Heaven opened up to her. Before then? She had debris to brush off of her shoulders. A roaring, cursed monster to call forth from her bandolier. And a badge to snatch from the man staring at her like that... "RUN IT UP!"

"...hey, boss."

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐨, 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐡. [𝟖/𝟖] + [𝟒/𝟓]@kvnoichii.bsky.social · 6d ago

"Y'know? I bet if we went to the peak gliding down to Sunnyshore would be easy... And it's not like The Boss is gonna be up there again, right?" It seemed like she was 'rationalizing' but the choice had already been made. S'why Mirage was climbing already, while Chiyo had to catch up. "Wait up!"

"Told Ichika I'd get there in seven days and that was-?" The phantom looked at Chiyo. "Right, right... so- Shoot, I've gotta beat Mr. Volkner AND run up Victory Road by tomorrow?" Mirage began to chuckle, something low and sharp as Chiyo turned away from Sunnyshore, toward Mount Coronet's peak.

"Yo, Miss Candice! Sorry I'm late. Had to go to the mountaintop." Had to check someone up there that she hadn't seen since summer. Especially since she'd be seeing a whole lot more of them once all this was through. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵. "D'you got time for a match? I need a new Icicle before I get to Volkner."

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐨, 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐡. [𝟖/𝟖] + [𝟒/𝟓]@kvnoichii.bsky.social · last wk.

I always have the worst time coming up here... there's never even anyone fun to challenge.

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I always have the worst time coming up here... there's never even anyone fun to challenge.

Half-crouched in front of the older man, sitting there on 'his level'. Figured it'd be difficult for him to hear her if she was still so far above him. "Mine Badge." There was a moment of grit teeth. Impropriety. Or Disrespect. Insolence. Annoyance. Who cared about the loser's perspective? "Now."

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Save her. Even now, seven matches in, Chiyo's haori was still on. Her kosode was still tied up. The first two in her lineup were still standing, glaring at the enemy before them. She had nothing for this gym but an urge to destroy it, and that urge couldn't burn any brighter in her. "Let's go."

"I don't like you, Byron." It's the first thing she's said to him since she walked in and through his annoyances. Gym was full of them today. Just loaded with aces, black belts and workers all eager to 'teach her' something about—? Something. Couldn't hear them. Even when she blew them all away.

"Hey... when did this start happening???" Holding her phone UP! To the warrior's face! Gasping in shock when he turned away from the screen and the video on it! "You have a fan club and I don't?! Share with me!" Without a word he began walking away from her impassioned yelling. "GUILLOTINE!"

A JUMP TO THE SKY TURNS TO A RIDER KICK!

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...i feel like I should get a hat. Like one of those straw ones that travelers wear to keep the sun off of them.

"BIRD MAN??" Place seemed empty? No workers, barely any trainers, definitely no Bird Man, or his hat. Maybe everyone was in the caves? Big Steel could've woken up, what with people bothering its family and all. "Rotom, can you send a message to @ginkgo.pokenavs.net and ask him- wait, who's that?"

"...canal through the city is so much cooler than a beach on the edge. C'mon, we gotta go see Mister Eldritch. I wanna stop by Iron Island before the gym."

Went to the PokeAccessory floor in the Jubilife TV building to get Mama some new sunglasses. Turns out the pair she has are slightly cursed and make her stronger, so... ...We were asked to leave the Jubilife TV building.

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"C'mon, Mirage." The nightmare resting in her shadow woke at the sound of their name, then crept into the light with a snicker. Always something so suspiciously funny to them. Like the joke was happening just out of Chiyo's earshot- "We're double-timing it now. Miss Phantoms is just up the road."